NOTES  ON  PLASMA. 
559 
glycemate  of  starch,  and  a  generic  name  for  preparations  con- 
sisting of  what  is  now  called  plasma,  with  the  addition  of  other 
substances. 
We  should  thus  have — 
Grlycematum  Amyli,  Glycemate  of  Starch.  Synonyms : 
Glycemylum,  glycemyle,  Plasma.  Solution  of  starch  in  gly- 
cerine. 
Grlycematum  Aloe's,  Glycemate  of  Aloes.  Synonym  :  Glyce- 
role  of  Aloes.    Solution  of  Aloes  in  glycerine. 
Grlycematum  Boracis,  Glycemate  of  Borax.  Solution  of  borax 
in  glycerine. 
Grlycematum  Carbolicum,  Carbolic  glycemate.  Solution  of 
carbolic  acid  in  glycerine. 
Grlycematum  Gallicum,  Gallic  glycemate.  Solution  of  gallic 
acid  in  glycerine. 
Grlycematum  Tannicum,  Tannic  glycemate.  Solution  of  tannic 
acid  in  glycerine. 
And  then  we  might  have — 
Glycemylum,  Glycemyle.  Synonym  :  Plasma.  Solution  of 
starch  in  glycerine. 
Glycemylum  Aconitia;,  Glycemyle  of  Aconitia.  Solution  of 
aconitia  in  glycemyle. 
G-lycemylum  Atropia,  Glycemyle  of  Atropia.  Solution  of 
Atropia  in  Glycemyle,  &c. 
Now,  I  think  the  author's  strictures  upon  the  names  glycerole, 
glyceride  and  glycerate  are  perfectly  fair,  and  I  agree  with  him 
in  thinking  they  ought  not  to  be  used,  but  I  cannot  see  that  the 
new  ones  he  suggests  are  one  whit  better.  In  the  first  place,  the 
words  glycematum  and  glycemylum  are  very  much  like  each 
other,  the  difference  not  only  being  slight,  but  being  also  one 
that  would  by  no  means  easily  fix  itself  in  the  memory  of  the 
prescriber  and  dispenser.  Here  are  two  distinct  forms  of 
remedy  as  different  in  physical  features  as  an  "  extract "  differs 
from  a  " liquor"  or  an  "aqua."  Why,  then,  call  them  by 
names  which  sound  and  look  so  much  alike  ?  I  admit  that 
glycemylum  suggests  itself  as  a  compound  word  of  glycerinum 
and  amylum,  but  then  that  does  not  necessarily  imply  that 
glycemylum  is  solid,  for  unless  heated  the  ingredients  would 
